Thirteen

Thirteen Reasons Why I Need Summer Vacation:
1. I want to be able to read something that isn’t Shakespeare (as much as I love the Bard, I’ve had enough) or things from the British Literature II selected canon that drives me crazy.
2. I miss my best friend, SMA. Last summer, if you check old posts, we [...]

Fighting the Good Fight

First off, my blog has reached over 1,000 hits since its conception in July 2008! That is amazing! If you look at my ClusterMap, you will see  that the readers of this blog do not only span North America, where I am from, but they are from Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, and Australia! [...]

Anticipation

For the first time
In such a long, long time
I know
I’ll be okay
-From “Brand New Day” by Joshua Radin
I am officially going to a new college in January. What one and the exact date is TBD, but I was accepted to an excellent college on Friday! I am so excited!
Upon opening the [...]

Connected

I’ll readily admit that I have not been keeping up with my schoolwork for the past week or so. I was concentrating on getting my applications done and put things on the back burner. Now, though, I’m playing catch-up and needing to get it all done ASAP.
This week has been slightly overwhelming, something that I [...]

This and That

I met with a good friend from high school last night to go see Vicky Cristina Barcelona in a small movie theater in an eclectic town about 25 minutes from where I live. The movie was excellent and I highly recommend it to those who like an interesting love story, enjoy seeing images of Spain, [...]

Unboundless

In a series of fortunate events that occurred over the past couple of days, I was able to reconnect with childhood friends for a long chat at the local coffee shop this afternoon. We had spent tons of time together when we were little-through soccer teams and Girl Scouts and school plays and neighborhood parties. [...]